The 2025 James Beard Foundation Awards took place on June 16, 2025, at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Winning a James Beard Award is one of the highest honors a chef or restaurant can receive.

The generally accepted mode of bread consumption was the method of ‘okukoza omugati mu chai,’ which literally translates into dipping the bread (a piece) into one’s tea ...

Carolina Gelen said it was “surreal” to receive the prestigious James Beard honor for her cookbook, “Pass the Plate: 100 ...

Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong restaurant in Phoenix grew up cooking alongside her mother in Thailand. She won her 1st James Beard Award on June 16, 2025.